"BY THE WINDOW"

by Lee Ranaldo & the Dust
from LAST NIGHT ON EARTH

tabbed by Chris Lawrence (silvercircle@shaw.ca)

This is a tab for Lee's part only. 

As always, the chords are shown but you may need to listen to the record to figure out the rhythm.

Lee's tuning is F#F#C#F#A#C#


INTRO:

C#--0--				      -----
A#--8--				      -----
F#--0--				      --0--
C#--8-- strum this for a while, then: --0--
F#-----				      --0--
F#--8--			              --0--

VERSE:

C#--0-------0---
A#--3--0----3---
F#--0-------3---  listen for picking pattern of both chords
C#--3-------2---
F#--0-------0---
F#--0-------0---

CHORUS:

C#---------------------------------------
A#--7-7--5-7--3------7-7--5-7--3--3\5-5--
F#---------------------------------------
C#--7-7--5-7--3------7-7--5-7--3--3\5-5--  x 2
F#---------------------------------------
F#--7-7--5-7--3------7-7--5-7--3--3\5-5--

C#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
A#--5---3--8----5---3--8----7-7--5-7--3--3\5-5--7-7--5-7--3----5----3--2---
F#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
C#--5---3--8----5---3--8----7-7--5-7--3--3\5-5--7-7--5-7--3----5----3--2---     back to verse
F#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
F#--5---3--8----5---3--8----7-7--5-7--3--3\5-5--7-7--5-7--3----5----3--2---


I won't tab the instrumental yet but I will point out that the C#F#A# strings are
just a half-step below eaDGBe in standard tuning, and much of it follows the melody
over the verse riff.


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